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Hatley  Hill  Copper  Mine, 


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f^      n.    HITCHCOCK.    ESQ., 

UICOLOGI.ST  TO  IHE  STATE  Of  MAINK. 


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CHARLES    T.    JACKSON.    ESQ.,    M.  D, 


©EOLOOIST  AND  A38AYER  TO  THE  STATE  OF  MASSACHUSET'J 


TS. 


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BOSTON: 


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PRESS  OF  GEO.  C.  RAND  &  AVERY.  3  CORNHILt</ 


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HATl-KV   II II.  I.  MINK. 


Tins  ininc  is  situuhMl  in  Slierhrookt  bounty,  Canada 
East  Its  close  proximity  to  established  smelting  works, 
and  the  railroad  facilities,  render  the  location  eminently 
favorable.  It  is  about  4  miles  from  the  well-known 
Clarke  and  Ascot  Mines,  and  occupying  the  same  belt  of 
copper-bearing  rock. 

For  the  purposes  of  developing  the  resources  of  this 
property,  it  is  proposed  to  organize  a  corporation  r.nder 
the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  to  be  known  as  the  "  Hatley 
Hill  Mining  Company." 

The  Company  will  be  organized  with  a  capital  of  two 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  divided  into  one  hundred 
thousand  shares,  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  be  reserved 
as  a  working  capital,  thus  relieving  stockholders  from  all 
liability  to  assessment,  and  furnishing  a  sufficient  fund 
for  the  further  developpient  of  the  mine. 

Reports  on  the  present  and  prospective  vaUie  of  this 
property,  made  by  gentlemen  whose  scientilic  attain- 
ments and  extensive  experience  are  an  ample  guarantee 
for  the  reliability  of  their  statements,  are  herewith  sub- 
mitted. 

Boston,  March,  18()4. 


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PROF.    II  I  !(   LICOCJ\"S    JIKPURT. 


Gentlkmk"*  :— . 

The  following  ig  the  result  of  vxy  examin.iiion  of  tjie 
Htitley  Tlill  Mine,  in  Tlatlejr,  C.  E.,  \\vm\^\  in  your  com- 
pany, Feb.  24,  lcSG4. 

The  property  consists  of  100  acres,  mostly  of  im- 
proved hind,  composing  the  eastern  portion  of  Lot  No.  27, 
range  4,  of  JItitley.  Ad.iacent  to  it,  on  the  south,  is  the 
property  known  as  the  Massawippi  Mine,  while  both  ou 
the  north  and  south  sides  of  it,  near  the  eastern  ex- 
tremity, are  other  mining  locations,  where  trial  pits  have 
been  sunk  with  good  success.  The  property  is,  there- 
fore, so  situated  that  iui])ortant  discoveries  made  upon 
iany  of  these  adjacent  mining  chums  will  fdso  increase 
the  vjdue  of  the  llatley  Uill  Mine.  A  section  ruuuimr 
across  the  ])roperty  i'rom  west  to  east  shows  a  high, 
steep  hill  in  the  western  part,  and  a  se('(,..d  hill  (Miually 
high  but  less  steep,  in  the  eastern  part.  A  small  i)ro()k 
runs  in  the  valley  between.  These  I'eatures  are  impor- 
tant,  since  it  will  enable  you  to  drift  i!ito  cither  or  both 
hills  from  the  valley  ;  thus  t'ilher  se(!urinu'  <lraiua"-e 
easily,  or  enabling  you  to  work  the  veins  by  drilts  for 
the  present. 

On  the  western  liill  there  are  two  powerful  veins,  with 
smnllei"  patches  of  co])per  ore  in  the  schists.  It  is  in 
one  of  these  (No.  1),  projected  southerly,  that  the  Massa. 
wippi  shaft  is  being  sunk.  I  ha\e  ol)lained  specimens  of 
copper  ore  from  this  and  other  veins  u[)on  your  pi'operty 


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)ii  i>i   t lie 
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y  of  im- 

)t  No.  27, 
til,  is  the 
'  both  on 
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pits  have 
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pi'opeity 


t'lirlv  11  tlir  wiiihM.  I)elbre  the  snow  caiuL-.  Tiic  rooll 
nviw  \'oiii'  wesi  line  is  ,1.  chloi'itif  schist,  carrvinfy  veins 
of  quart'/ \vi ill  veHow  copper,  mundic,  and  chlorite,  or 
'*pcnoh."  Ill  iliis  lies  No.  1  vein,  chiefly  composed  of 
paccharoidal  ijuartz,  carrying  copper  uniibrmly  dissemi- 
nated throuo;h  it.  To  the  east  of  this,  the  schists  are 
consider{d)ly  dolomites,  and  then  succeeds  a  hard,  choco- 
late-colored ijuartzite,  carrying  specks  of  copper.  It 
slightly  resembles  el  van.  Passing  by  several  schistose 
layers,  we  come  to  three  distinct  bands  of  rock,  closing 
with  the  east«'i'u  edge  of  thf  Chey  are, — 1st.  A 

decomposing  quin'tzose  schist  ^,  and  containing 

much  mundi(%\vith  a  little  co^  This  is  vein  No. 

2,  and  will  prove  a  very  Import.  for  exploration  j 

its  course  is  nearly  north  and  south,  and  is  12  feet  wide 
just  over  the  fence.  2d.  A  soft,  nacreous  schist,  spotted 
with  crystals  of  brown  spar  and  mundic;  this  is  not 
wide.  od.  A  dolomite,  quite  rusty  in  its  decomposition, 
and  hohling  specks  of  copper.  This  runs  irregularly 
ul)out  N.  and  S.,  and  even  N.  25^  E.  Beyond,  the  hill 
is  very  steep,  and  the  next  rock  is  hard  chloritic  schist. 
Passing  now  iij)  the  eastern  hill  the  ledges  are  con- 
cealed by  the  soil,  and  near  the  top  is  the  shaft  now 
being  worked  by  yourself  upon  vein  No.  3 ;  it  has  al- 
ready been  sunk  10  feet.  The  vein  carries  copper  ore 
for  a  width  of  two  feet,  with  the  general  course  N.  E. 
and  S.  W..  dipi)'ng  from  20^  to  6(^'  8.  E.  The  ore  is 
chieily  the  yellow  sul])huret,  with  blue  and  green  carbon- 
ates. The  gangue  is  a  mixture  of  quartz  and  nacreous 
shaly  matter ;  in  tlie  pure  quartz  the  copper  is  often 
condensed  into  nodular  masses.  The  vein  is  sometimes 
parted  liy  seams  of  quartz ;  and  leaders  of  white  quartz, 
carrying  spangles  of  ore,  occasionally  drop  into  the  prin- 
cipal vein.      I  should   estimate  the  amount  of  copper 


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present  to  be  about  4  por  cent,  of  meuillic  coppei  Ibi  a 
width  of  16  j'nchcfl.  Some  parts  of  the  vein  cany  crjrg. 
tals  of  dolomite,  a  matter  of  coiisidoralde  importance. 
This  vein  (No.  3)  is  remarkaldy  well  defined^  and  .t^ives 
iDromise  of  yieldin*^  very  rich  ore  in  its  I'utnre  workinj*. 
There  is  a  fine  lot  •'  specimens  taken  from  it  in  the  tool- 
house,  and  fair  samples  of  them  have  been  exhibited  in 
Boston.  In  the  very  t-astern  portion  n\'  ilic  property 
the  rock  is  a  thick-bedded  chlorite  schist,  carrying  veins 
of  white  quartz  and  chlorite.  No.  4  vein  crosses  it,  or 
the  one  exph)red  uj^m  the  Johnston  and  William  Kmery 
lots;  dolomite  is  mixed  with  the  copper  and  mundic  in 
greater  amonnt  than  in  vein  No.  3.  This  will  make  the 
best  smelting  ore  upon  the  property.  The  hill  is  iiigher 
here  than  elsewhere  upon  th"  ])roperty. 

The  rock  is  pretty  hard  to  drill  on  vein  No.  3,  and  for 
the  depth  of  eight  fathoms  will  cost  $80.(10  per  fathom; 
fitoping  will  cost  $].2r)  per  s(iuare  yard  at  least.     It  will 
be  softer  at  veins  2  and  4.     The  amount  of  copper  in 
No.  3  (viz.,  16  inches  width  of  4  per  cent,  ore)  is  suf- 
ficiently great  to  render  the  workiii^L,-  prohtahle.    A  well- 
built   dwelling-house   and    barn  is   situated    upon,  and 
belongs  to,  the   pr    )erty.     One  road  from   the  Massa- 
wippi  outlet  to  Sherbrook  passes  through  your  property. 
You  are  8  miles  from  Sherbrooke,  7  from  the  Lennoxville 
Smelting  Works,  and  2  miles  from  the  proposed  outlet^ 
station  of  the  Massawippi  H.  R.,  which  is  to  connect  the 
Passumpsic  RR.  at  Newport  with  the  Grand  Tnuik  R.R. 
at  Waterville,  C.  E. ;  you  are  thus  conveniently  situated 
with  respect  to  the  transportation  of  your  ores  to  Boston 
or  the  Lennoxville  Smelting  Works.     (See  the  map  ac- 
companying this  Report).     Any  one  of  the  four  veins 
can  be  conveniently  drained  by  adits,  —  Nos.  1  and  2  by 
the  same  one.     I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  these  two 


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and  2  by 
these  two 


VPTns  fit  the  outset  cnn  T.n  worked  with  tlic  least;  e9> 
pense.  No.  B  vein  will  re-piire  h  loiioci'  adit,  which  may 
run  towrti\>  tlie  sliaft  along  the  course  of  the  vein. 
Perhaj)s  the  brook  i4)om  the  property  will  i)o  hardly  suf- 
fieient  for  the  washing  of  ihe  ores.  Bui.  there  are  other 
streams  in  il„.  vicinity  at  no  great  distanqes,  which  are 
large  etioi in h  for  the  purpose. 

CONCLUSI(»Ng. 

Ist.  There  are  certainly  four  veins  of  copper  upon 
the  property,  belonging  totJ  e  cupriferous  portion  of  the 
Quebec  Croup  of  the  Lower  Silurian  Formation. 

2d.  Two  of  these  veins  contain  lime,  with  mundicj 
thus  foruiing  an  ore  of  easily  suielting  properties,  — a 
fact  of  the  greatest  consequence  in  mining  operations. 

Sd.  All  the  veins  can  be  drained  by  cheaply  exca- 
vated adits;  and  perhaps  in  some  instances  adrift  can 
be  run  in  on  the  course  of  the  vein. 

4th.  The  property  is  advantageously  situated,  with 
respect  to  proximity  to  a  railroad  and  smelting  works. 

5th.  Its  central  location  among  other  mines  may  af- 
ford some  advantages  in  the  working  not  enjoyed  were 
it  isolated. 

litli.  It  is  in  ;i  region  where  labor  Is  cheap,  and  the 
cost  of  living  not  expensive. 

Respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

C.  H.  HITCHCOCK, 

^Geologist  la  (he  State  of  Maine 
Hatley,  Canada  Easi',  Feb.  24,  1864, 


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DU.  J  A(]KSON'S  REPORT. 


Boston,  March  19,   1«64. 
GrENTLEMEN  .'  — ~~ 

111  accordance  with  your  request  1  luive  recently 
visited  and  exaniinod  the  llatley  Hill  (Jopper  Mine, 
situated  (3n  the  G.  Emery  lot.  No.  27.  4th  ranue,  m  the 
township  oi'  Hatley,  Canada  East,  iuid  have  now  to  re- 
port my  observations. 

UMWLITV    OK    Till-:    MINE. 

The  Hatley  Hill  t]oi)per  A'.ine  is  situated  l)etween 
Little  Mao-oo'  and  Massawippi  Lakes,  and'  is  two  miles 
north  of  'the  latter.  It  is  southwest  tVom  the  copper 
mines  in  Ascot,  and  is  seven  miles  southwest  Iroiu  Len- 
noxville  furnace,  and  two  miles  fiom  the  projected  Mas- 
sawippi  Railroad,  it  is  iu  a  moderately  hilly.  l)ut  not 
mountainous  region,  and  the  mine  is  on  a  hill-side.  so 
that  it  can  l)e  easily  drained 

CHARACTKI!    OF    THE    iJOt'KS     \NI»    OHES. 

Nacreous  argillaceous  slati  rocks,  with  numerous 
veins  and  beds  of  white  (juartz.  is  the  mining  -country" 
of  your  copper  ore.  These  rocks  bidong  to  the  well- 
known  copper  belt  of  Canada  East,  which  extends  from 
Vermont  to  Megantic  counly.  below  (ineboc,  and  shows 
copper  01  es  in  may  places.  Y.-llow  c()])])cr  pyrites  with 
some  purple  cop])er  ore  or  erubescite  ai'e  the  working 
ores  qf  this  mine.     Some  green  carbonate  of  cop^ar  is 


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seen  where  the  rocks  have  undergone  decomposition  by 
agency  of  air  and  water,  and  this  serves  to  guide  the 
miners  in  their  search  for  the  outcrops  of  the  copper 
ores.  Iron  pyrites,  as  usual,  is  also  contained  admixed 
more  or  less  with  the  copper  pyrites,  but  is  not  too 
abundant  at  this  mine. 


THE    MINE    AND    ORKS    RAISED. 

At  present  only  a  shallow  pit,  or  incipient  shaft,  10 
feet  in  diameter  and  15  feet  deep  has  been  excavated  in 
order  to  prove  the  vein. 

A  belt  of  copper-bearing  slate,  with  some  thin  quartz 
seams  also  containing  copper  pyrites,  the  whole  thick- 
ness  of  which  is  5  feet  8  inches,  has  been  discovered. 
Lhis  bed  dips  with  the  general  strata,  southeast  40° 
and  It  has  been  traced  to  soine  distance,  not  less  than 
500  yards  in  length,  on  to  another  mining  property  to 
the  southwest,  where  a  pit  4  feet  deep  has  been  sunk 
upon  the  vein,  and  is  now  in  process  of  developinir  the 
ore. 

8oon  as  the  snow  is  off  from  the  ground  the  outcrop 
of  the  ore  may  be  easily  traced,  only  a  little  soil  cover- 
mg  the  rocks. 

At  present  the  mining  operations  are  mere  explora- 
tions, and  a  sloping  shaft  is  to  follow  the  ore  as  it  iroes 
down  with  the  strata. 

I  examined  the  selected  ore  stored  in  the  blacksmith's 
shop  on  tlie  premises,  and  found  the  heap  to  be  three 
feet  s(iiiare  and  high,  and  to  contain  about  2  per  cent 
of  the  metallic  copper,  as  near  as  1  could  .judge  ;  pieces 
cobbed  (^lean  as  they  can  be  for  the  furnace.  1  brouoht  " 
to  Boston  and  have  assayed  the  lot  and  tbund  the  vield 
of  copper  to  be  4.14  per  cent.  •    ' 


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On  washing  315  grains  of  the  same  sample,  I  ob- 
.  /m  «ains  of  nearly  clean  copper  ore  and  iron 
tamed  li^  grains  ui  "       -^  ^.       ^>J^         ^^3^!. 

pyrites,  which  1  think  will  yield  from  lo  to  20  pel  ccn 

"Thavrbeen  informed  that  gold  has  been  found  not 
farfroTthis  mine  by  washing  the  sand  and  gravel  of 
r  11  «trPnms  but  I  have  not  seen  any  of  u  got  out, 
tdi:  e"™s  not  favorable  for  such  explorations 
:"  id  be  required  *o  search  out  deposit  gold  the 
::ow"  vering  in.ich  of  the  land  and  the  streams  being 

"Tl  informed  that  the  area  of  land  ^^>-f-f  ;,;;;;*; 
Hatley  Hill  Mine  purchase  is  100  acres.  '"^^^^^J^ 
■  „.,,.K,«nunve  A  linear  survey  is  required,  1  wouio 
;:;  t:?r::  have  ...  h.  searched  for  other  co,^or 

^'Z  t  ^^  e  v;ins  are  embedde.]  between  the  strata 

"t  £w  tl  ourse.  hence  these  cross-cuts  will  bring 

and  follow  then  (ou  ^^.^^  ^^^ 

their  outcrops  to  light.      Ihtic  may  nc 
the  lot,  which  may  thus  be  discovered  very  cheaply.     1 
believe  that  this  will  turn  out  a  valuable  nune. 

Respectfully, 

Your  ob't  serv't. 
'  ciiARI-KS    r.  .I.U'KSON.  M.  !>., 

(ivaliujist  and  Stale  AsMitfer. 


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